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Article: Immigration surges in U.S.: the growth rate of the foreign-born population is at its highest in 150 years. (Trends).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- July 15, 2002
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The United States is accepting immigrants at a faster rate than at any other time since the 1850s, according to Census 2000 figures released in June. The 31.3 million foreign-born residents represent 11.3 million more than in the 1990 census--a 57 percent increase--and account for 11.1 percent of the nation's population, or one in nine residents. That proportion is higher than at any other time since the 1930 census, when immigrants made up 11.7 percent of the population.
"Whatever one thinks of current policy, the numbers released today by the Census Bureau indicate that the nation faces enormous challenges in integrating the tens of millions of immigrants ...